It makes me sad really, I guess I didn't know so much about the particular example of how the Sami got raped by the Christians/Modern World. Just another example amongst many I guess. But really, what's the fundamental issue here, beneath the surface? Why has humanity, under the guise of Christianity and/or Modernity just felt this need to assimilate others, to make everything the same, to outlaw languages and music and dresses......? Seriously, what the fuck is up with that? Are we past that, as a collective? Will we ever be? Why can't we just be stoked, again as a collective, when we encounter something different, another way of looking at life, another way of communicating of sharing of being? Well, one can dream I suppose, lol....

Oh, and a little local treat here while we're at it:

www.youtube.com/watch

The Baka music is lovely and haunting.

Did you know that the human brain changes structurally depending on which language it hears as it is growing? The structure of our brains accommodates the language we grow up hearing.